Hooray for morning baseball! (For you Central and Western folks, anyway.)
Edwin Jackson had one of his better starts last time out, but it still didn’t quite feel like a complete, beginning to end, good start. Maybe today’s the day. The righty lineup is back in today.
Game Info
Chicago Cubs (18-27) at Pittsburgh Pirates (28-18), 11:35 CT on CSN.
Game Thread and Series Preview
The Game Thread lives here. You should participate in the madness. And, of course, for those who aren’t into message board-style game threads, please feel free to use the comments on this post for your in-game commentary/outbursts.
The Series Preview for this series lives here.
Starting Pitchers
Edwin Jackson (1-6, 5.76 ERA, 2.19 K/BB)
versus
Jeanmar Gomez (2-0, 2.78 ERA, 1.36 K/BB)
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
1. Starling Marte, LF
2. Travis Snider, RF
3. Andrew McCutchen, CF
4. Garrett Jones, 1B
5. Neil Walker, 2B
6. Michael McKenry, C
7. Pedro Alvarez, 3B
8. Clint Barmes, SS
9. Jeanmar Gomez, P
Chicago Cubs Lineup
1. David DeJesus, CF
2. Starlin Castro, SS
3. Anthony Rizzo, 1B
4. Alfonso Soriano, LF
5. Nate Schierholtz, RF
6. Welington Castillo, C
7. Luis Valbuena, 3B
8. Darwin Barney, 2B
9. Edwin Jackson, P